Sacramento daily union no. 3475

LETTER FROM SALT LAKE.
[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, May 5, 1862.
Mormon Troops on the Mail Route.
Among the incidents of Mormon history, Father Abraham's call upon Brother Brigham for troops to protect the Overland Telegraph and Mail line will doubtless have a conspicuous place—especially if the future Mormon historian should chance to be "Brother George A.," the gentleman who fills that office at the present time. George A. has a liberal share of good nature, is no way deficient in sarcasm, can tell a story as amusingly "as any other man," and leaves no doubt on the minds of his readers that Providence has special care of Mormonism swimming to the top, or, in the vernacular of the mountains, "coming out of the big end of the horn." This call for troops will be one of those happy incidents.
I sent a copy of the telegram from the Federal officers, mail and telegraph representatives asking for authority to be placed in the hands of Superintendent Duty to raise and officer a regiment of mounted rangers; then I noticed the telegram from Governor Fuller asking per- mission to call out the militia to check Indian depredations on the route in the Territory and beyond our boundary line further east, to all of which there was no response from Washington till the electricity clicked:
WASHINGTON, April 28,1862.
Mr. Brigham Young, Great Salt Lake City: By ex-press direction of the President of the United States, you are hereby authorized to raise, arm and equip one company of cavalry for ninety days service. This com-pany will be organized as follows: One Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieu-tenant , one First Sergeant, one Quartermaster Sergeant, four Sergeants and eight Corporals, two Musicians, two farriers, one saddler, one wagoner and from fifty-six to seventy-two privates.
The company will be employed to protect the prop-erty of the Telegraph and Overland Mail Companies in or about Independence Rock, where depredations have been committed, and will be continued in service only until the United States troops can reach the point where they are so much needed. It may, therefore, be disbanded previous to the expiration of ninety days. It will not be employed for any offensive operations other than may grow out of the duty hereinbefore as-signed to it. The officers of the company will be mus-tered into the United States service by any civil officer of the United States, at Salt Lake City, competent to administer an oath. The men will then be enlisted by the company officers. The men employed in the ser- vice above named will be entitled to receive no other than the allowance authorized by law to soldiers in the service of the United States until the proper staff of-ficers for subsisting these men arrive. You will please furnish subsistence for them yourself, keeping an accu-rate account thereof for future settlement with the United States Government.
By order of the Secretary of War.
(Signed) L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.
Everybody at table d'hote doubted the report that was in the street before breakfast; but brother Townsend assisted down the coffee by mildly assuring his guests that it was "even so," and then, of course, everybody was satis-fied that the order had come into the right hands. It has been hinted more than once that some could badly digest their portion of the "leek;" but, philosophically, I could see no particular necessity for any gentleman con-cluding that he, him, they or them had been passed by. I am not aware of the day revela-tion or the night vision that operated upon President Lincoln to "direct" "Mr. Brigham Young;" but I think at the present juncture of national existence red tapeism is not over popu-lar, and General Jim Lane, Kit Carson, Gover-nor Young, or "any other man" can be called upon for a hundred or a thousand men, with-out winding through the dreary avenues of the C rcumlocution office. It makes little differ-ence ; the troops were called for; and the troops, at this writing, are swimming rivers, and climbing snowy mountains, eager enough to honor the confidence reposed in them.
Governor Young received the dispatch at nine o'clock on the evening of the 28th, and I am told that in fifteen minutes afterwards, there were three expresses at full speed in three coun-ties for an equal division of men. Major Lot Smith, now in command, was down from his farm by early breakfast, and that evening the muster roil was nearly full with Respondents; and next day, the hundred men were in camp. They started from herewith subsistence wagons on Thursday afternoon, and early on Friday morning, "Lieutenant General Wells" and Governor Young overtook them at the mouth of the Canon, and read them the dispatch that I have quoted, and general instructions for conduct on the way. After this they had the Prophet's blessing, and "Peace be with you all;" and moved on as satisfied as if they had all the world at their feet. Great thing faith! It is really comfortable to believe in special Provi-dence in the midst of treacherous, bloodthirsty Indians.
I have already expressed my doubts of a "heap" of Indians being in rebellion. I see no cause for changing opinion and shall be much disappointed if a telegram does not reach you about the time of this arrival announcing the way open again and free from Indian depreda-tions. Ben. Holliday, the now proprietor of the eastern stages, left New York one day last week for this place, and one telegram from him bears encouraging evidence that he, at least, is interested in seeing the way again open and free from interruption.
I see by telegraphic communications from here to California papers, somebody has been giving you rumors of terrible things on the plains. Old "Gridiron Cobbett," the book maker, once replied to the interrogatories of an anxious mother who was particularly desirous that her son should have an education and know everything—"let him read all I have written." This "might smell of the shop," said Cobbett; "but it is my best advice." There is no end to rumors here, and a person for every rumor interested enough in gulling your correspon-dent, that telegraphist or any body else who will "take it in." To statements to the contary notwithstanding, there is not the first particle of evidence that the telegraph has been in dan-ger from the Indians, and the number of at-tacked and killed have been limited to what I have already stated. The rest is mere excite-ment. Curious institution is— but I have said enough now.
The Rivers Rising.
Utah has now a fair prospect of suffering from inundations along the course of the rivers. The long Winter deposited a very large quan-tity of snow on the mountains, and ten days warm weather has swollen the waters to a very threatening volume. Had there been no Indi-ans east of Bridger, the melting snows between this and Bridger-would have stopped the pas-sage of the mail. Hooper and his escort that left here on the 25th ult., only reached Bridger, a hundred and thirteen miles out, yesterday af-ternoon, and he was on the biggest kind of bus-iness requiring the greatest dispatch. The roads had all been washed away and the bridges were nowhere. The northern Territorial mail returned on Saturday evening—had only been able to go forty miles. The waters were gush-ing down and had ingulphed the road to prevent all passage. The same report comes in from the south. Jordan, that ordinarily flows quietly along about a mile westward of the city, is overflowing its banks, and the green sward but a few days ago dotted with milch cows and young stock is now a sheet of water. The rising rivers will doubtless be seriously injurious to the farmers in the low lands; but the greatest annoyance to the people generally, at the present moment, is the hin-drance to the outgoing church teams which should have been now at Laramie, and cannot now move and and will not move eastward for ten days more, even under the most prosperous circumstances. Twenty-four hundred head of cattle were called for, to assist in the deliver-ance of the poor from the frontiers, where by this time they are beginning to assemble from the States and from the old world. The moun-tain streams impassable to the mail stages, can-not possibly be forded by the heavy wagons. About the 16th the journey eastward will be undertaken both by the emigration trains and the missionaries going to Europe.
Penitentiary Birds Out May Walking.
Shortly after the three rowdies were shot who had been mixed up with the Dawson whipp-ing and robbing affair, a notion got abroad that prisoners hereafter were not likely to embrace the opportunity of running from the officers of justice, if even the chance were afforded them of exhibiting their speed. The suspicion is out that every thief is likely to be furnished all the start he may seek for, as the officers are sup-posed to like nothing better than the fleeing sub-stance of a horse thief for a little pistol practice—besides, the war tax laid upon the Territory has suggested strict economy in penitentiary outlay. It is fortunate that thieves have such a salutary faith.
On May morning the Warden of the Peni-tentiary discovered every cell door open and five of the birds had flown. Who opened the doors? Nobody knows! The one half traveled, the others had more sense. A reward of a: thousand dollars was offered for the apprehen-sion of the five, or per ratio separately. Three of the five walked back again in the evening, and said they had been "a May walking," the other two have doubtless risked it towards the setting sun.
Ho! for the Mines.
A company within view from my window is fitting out for Salmon river. They are substan-tial, good boys, but have been more accustomed to dry goods than gold quartz. I expect, from past associations and relations, they will turn out merchants before they turn out heavy mi-ners. They leave to-morrow with outfits enough for themselves, and something to spare for oth-ers. Another company leaves on Wednesday, and a third on Thursday.
Local.
Everybody has got a severe dose of cold—in-fluenza. It is exceedingly trying to the children. There are few families in the city free from this malady at the present time. Deaths are few, notwithstanding.
Cook and Rowe left last Wednesday to look after mail interests westward. I believe they have things in best ship shape, and ready for the briefest schedule time when the east is pre-pared to make connection. Rowe is a strict business man and understands the obligations of a Superintendent. He has no intention of making occasional splurges over a fast run once in a time, but means to do the running to the hour over every division—accidents, of course, not interfering. Cook is O. K. as a Treasurer, and the western is, presently, A 1.
LIBERAL.

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LETTER FROM SALT LAKE.
[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, May 5, 1862.
Mormon Troops on the Mail Route.
Among the incidents of Mormon history, Father Abraham's call upon Brother Brigham for troops to protect the Overland Telegraph and Mail line will doubtless have a conspicuous place—especially if the future Mormon historian should chance to be "Brother George A.," the gentleman who fills that office at the present time. George A. has a liberal share of good nature, is no way deficient in sarcasm, can tell a story as amusingly "as any other man," and leaves no doubt on the minds of his readers that Providence has special care of Mormonism swimming to the top, or, in the vernacular of the mountains, "coming out of the big end of the horn." This call for troops will be one of those happy incidents.
I sent a copy of the telegram from the Federal officers, mail and telegraph representatives asking for authority to be placed in the hands of Superintendent Duty to raise and officer a regiment of mounted rangers; then I noticed the telegram from Governor Fuller asking per- mission to call out the militia to check Indian depredations on the route in the Territory and beyond our boundary line further east, to all of which there was no response from Washington till the electricity clicked:
WASHINGTON, April 28,1862.
Mr. Brigham Young, Great Salt Lake City: By ex-press direction of the President of the United States, you are hereby authorized to raise, arm and equip one company of cavalry for ninety days service. This com-pany will be organized as follows: One Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieu-tenant , one First Sergeant, one Quartermaster Sergeant, four Sergeants and eight Corporals, two Musicians, two farriers, one saddler, one wagoner and from fifty-six to seventy-two privates.
The company will be employed to protect the prop-erty of the Telegraph and Overland Mail Companies in or about Independence Rock, where depredations have been committed, and will be continued in service only until the United States troops can reach the point where they are so much needed. It may, therefore, be disbanded previous to the expiration of ninety days. It will not be employed for any offensive operations other than may grow out of the duty hereinbefore as-signed to it. The officers of the company will be mus-tered into the United States service by any civil officer of the United States, at Salt Lake City, competent to administer an oath. The men will then be enlisted by the company officers. The men employed in the ser- vice above named will be entitled to receive no other than the allowance authorized by law to soldiers in the service of the United States until the proper staff of-ficers for subsisting these men arrive. You will please furnish subsistence for them yourself, keeping an accu-rate account thereof for future settlement with the United States Government.
By order of the Secretary of War.
(Signed) L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.
Everybody at table d'hote doubted the report that was in the street before breakfast; but brother Townsend assisted down the coffee by mildly assuring his guests that it was "even so," and then, of course, everybody was satis-fied that the order had come into the right hands. It has been hinted more than once that some could badly digest their portion of the "leek;" but, philosophically, I could see no particular necessity for any gentleman con-cluding that he, him, they or them had been passed by. I am not aware of the day revela-tion or the night vision that operated upon President Lincoln to "direct" "Mr. Brigham Young;" but I think at the present juncture of national existence red tapeism is not over popu-lar, and General Jim Lane, Kit Carson, Gover-nor Young, or "any other man" can be called upon for a hundred or a thousand men, with-out winding through the dreary avenues of the C rcumlocution office. It makes little differ-ence ; the troops were called for; and the troops, at this writing, are swimming rivers, and climbing snowy mountains, eager enough to honor the confidence reposed in them.
Governor Young received the dispatch at nine o'clock on the evening of the 28th, and I am told that in fifteen minutes afterwards, there were three expresses at full speed in three coun-ties for an equal division of men. Major Lot Smith, now in command, was down from his farm by early breakfast, and that evening the muster roil was nearly full with Respondents; and next day, the hundred men were in camp. They started from herewith subsistence wagons on Thursday afternoon, and early on Friday morning, "Lieutenant General Wells" and Governor Young overtook them at the mouth of the Canon, and read them the dispatch that I have quoted, and general instructions for conduct on the way. After this they had the Prophet's blessing, and "Peace be with you all;" and moved on as satisfied as if they had all the world at their feet. Great thing faith! It is really comfortable to believe in special Provi-dence in the midst of treacherous, bloodthirsty Indians.
I have already expressed my doubts of a "heap" of Indians being in rebellion. I see no cause for changing opinion and shall be much disappointed if a telegram does not reach you about the time of this arrival announcing the way open again and free from Indian depreda-tions. Ben. Holliday, the now proprietor of the eastern stages, left New York one day last week for this place, and one telegram from him bears encouraging evidence that he, at least, is interested in seeing the way again open and free from interruption.
I see by telegraphic communications from here to California papers, somebody has been giving you rumors of terrible things on the plains. Old "Gridiron Cobbett," the book maker, once replied to the interrogatories of an anxious mother who was particularly desirous that her son should have an education and know everything—"let him read all I have written." This "might smell of the shop," said Cobbett; "but it is my best advice." There is no end to rumors here, and a person for every rumor interested enough in gulling your correspon-dent, that telegraphist or any body else who will "take it in." To statements to the contary notwithstanding, there is not the first particle of evidence that the telegraph has been in dan-ger from the Indians, and the number of at-tacked and killed have been limited to what I have already stated. The rest is mere excite-ment. Curious institution is— but I have said enough now.
The Rivers Rising.
Utah has now a fair prospect of suffering from inundations along the course of the rivers. The long Winter deposited a very large quan-tity of snow on the mountains, and ten days warm weather has swollen the waters to a very threatening volume. Had there been no Indi-ans east of Bridger, the melting snows between this and Bridger-would have stopped the pas-sage of the mail. Hooper and his escort that left here on the 25th ult., only reached Bridger, a hundred and thirteen miles out, yesterday af-ternoon, and he was on the biggest kind of bus-iness requiring the greatest dispatch. The roads had all been washed away and the bridges were nowhere. The northern Territorial mail returned on Saturday evening—had only been able to go forty miles. The waters were gush-ing down and had ingulphed the road to prevent all passage. The same report comes in from the south. Jordan, that ordinarily flows quietly along about a mile westward of the city, is overflowing its banks, and the green sward but a few days ago dotted with milch cows and young stock is now a sheet of water. The rising rivers will doubtless be seriously injurious to the farmers in the low lands; but the greatest annoyance to the people generally, at the present moment, is the hin-drance to the outgoing church teams which should have been now at Laramie, and cannot now move and and will not move eastward for ten days more, even under the most prosperous circumstances. Twenty-four hundred head of cattle were called for, to assist in the deliver-ance of the poor from the frontiers, where by this time they are beginning to assemble from the States and from the old world. The moun-tain streams impassable to the mail stages, can-not possibly be forded by the heavy wagons. About the 16th the journey eastward will be undertaken both by the emigration trains and the missionaries going to Europe.
Penitentiary Birds Out May Walking.
Shortly after the three rowdies were shot who had been mixed up with the Dawson whipp-ing and robbing affair, a notion got abroad that prisoners hereafter were not likely to embrace the opportunity of running from the officers of justice, if even the chance were afforded them of exhibiting their speed. The suspicion is out that every thief is likely to be furnished all the start he may seek for, as the officers are sup-posed to like nothing better than the fleeing sub-stance of a horse thief for a little pistol practice—besides, the war tax laid upon the Territory has suggested strict economy in penitentiary outlay. It is fortunate that thieves have such a salutary faith.
On May morning the Warden of the Peni-tentiary discovered every cell door open and five of the birds had flown. Who opened the doors? Nobody knows! The one half traveled, the others had more sense. A reward of a: thousand dollars was offered for the apprehen-sion of the five, or per ratio separately. Three of the five walked back again in the evening, and said they had been "a May walking," the other two have doubtless risked it towards the setting sun.
Ho! for the Mines.
A company within view from my window is fitting out for Salmon river. They are substan-tial, good boys, but have been more accustomed to dry goods than gold quartz. I expect, from past associations and relations, they will turn out merchants before they turn out heavy mi-ners. They leave to-morrow with outfits enough for themselves, and something to spare for oth-ers. Another company leaves on Wednesday, and a third on Thursday.
Local.
Everybody has got a severe dose of cold—in-fluenza. It is exceedingly trying to the children. There are few families in the city free from this malady at the present time. Deaths are few, notwithstanding.
Cook and Rowe left last Wednesday to look after mail interests westward. I believe they have things in best ship shape, and ready for the briefest schedule time when the east is pre-pared to make connection. Rowe is a strict business man and understands the obligations of a Superintendent. He has no intention of making occasional splurges over a fast run once in a time, but means to do the running to the hour over every division—accidents, of course, not interfering. Cook is O. K. as a Treasurer, and the western is, presently, A 1.
LIBERAL.